Letters to the editor, Friday, June 17

Here we go again! It seems that every change in the city school assignments has affected the pupils from Monte Sano. Since being in the city school system, our children have been relocated from Huntsville High, to Lee High and back again to Huntsville High and from Huntsville Middle, to Chapman Middle and then back to Huntsville Middle. Now it is from Monte Sano Elementary to Blossomwood Elementary.

Isn't it more logical and economical and infinitely safer to retain the same schools for the older established neighborhoods rather than playing musical chairs with our children?

This is food for thought. A demographic expert, like the definition of an expert, is "a person at least 100 miles from home."

Patrick F. Keyes, Huntsville, 35801

Kathryn Windham

I was saddened to read of the passing of my friend and Alabama's grandmother, Kathryn Tucker Windham. My guess is that she planned it that way so she could spend Father's Day with her father, who she adored.

She always enjoyed telling the story of saying to her father that she was off to school to learn the three Rs; readin', ritin' and rithmetic'. He would remind her not to forget the four Ls; listenin', learnin', laughin' and lovin'. Kathryn never forgot.

God bless Kathryn Tucker Windham.

John M. Shaver, Huntsville, 35801

Paul Finebaum

There was a lot of irony in the Sunday article about the Auburn-Alabama rivalry in that one of the people frequently quoted was Birmingham radio program host Paul Finebaum. Everyone who even remotely follows football knows that Finebaum is nothing but a pot stirrer. He and his ratings thrive on stirring up dislike between fans of the two schools with his baseless comments and ridiculous opinions. Most intelligent fans caught onto him a long time ago and don't listen anymore.

It escapes me why The Times would even acknowledge the existence of Finebaum in an article examining this big rivalry when he does more to stir up hatred than anyone in the state.